| Joseph French | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Inspector French's Greatest Case |
| Last appearance | Anything to Declare? |
| Created by | Freeman Wills Crofts |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Police inspector |
| Nationality | British |
Inspector Joseph French is a fictional British police detective created by Irish author Freeman Wills Crofts.[1] French was a prominent detective from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, appearing in twenty-nine novels and a number of short stories between 1924 and 1957. The character was introduced in the 1924 novel Inspector French's Greatest Case, where he investigates a fatal diamond robbery in Hatton Garden. The series relied largely on puzzle mysteries.[2][3]